The relevant certificate was signed at a ceremony in the Vatican Museums Tuesday attended by Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, a representative of Athens Archbishop Ieronymos II and Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni.
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The two were given the jab at the Vatican, it added.
The Vatican had lifted the diplomatic immunity of the then Papal Nuncio Luigi Ventura last year to allow French authorities to investigate allegations leveled against him.
Pope Francis will not lead any public celebration for Easter due to the coronavirus, the Vatican said on Sunday, a move unprecedented in modern times.
Italy-born Francesca Di Giovanni was appointed Undersecretary for the Section for Relations with States at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, a Vatican statement said on Wednesday.
The Pope’s apology came swiftly in less than 24 hours but he actually didn’t need to apologise because he did no wrong.
The institution currently known as the “Vatican Secret Archive” will become the “Vatican Apostolic Archive,” Francis said in a decree called Motu Proprio.
Gianluigi Nuzzi’s latest work, “Giudizio Universale” (Last Judgement), was released in Italy on Monday, and the La Repubblica newspaper ran advance excerpts.
Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, 45, was appointed Commander of the Vatican Gendarmerie and director of the Vatican’s security and civil protection services, a statement said.
The 92-year-old spent on Thursday afternoon and evening in the Castelli Romani area just outside Rome, Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said in a statement that backed up media reports.
Bruni, who is due to take up his position on Monday, has been a press officer at the Vatican for the past 10 years.
The procedure at the Vatican’s Teutonic Cemetery is due to take place on July 11, in the presence of the missing girl’s relatives, Vatican spokesman, Alessandro Gisotti, said in a statement.
An Austrian priest who resigned from a senior Vatican position after being accused of trying to kiss a nun during confession has been cleared, the Vatican said on Friday.
Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, on Thursday, announced that henceforth, bishops would be accountable for sexual abuses or cover ups in their jurisdictions.
Pope Francis on Sunday called for the evacuation of refugees held in detention camps in Libya as fighting there escalates.
The founder of a women’s magazine linked to the Vatican’s official newspaper and its entire editorial board have resigned after denouncing the Catholic Church inadequate response to cases of sexual abuse of nuns.
Pope Francis has rejected the resignation of a French cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who was convicted for not reporting child sex abuse allegations, the Vatican and the diocese of Lyon said on Tuesday.
He will give a speech following Mass with all the world bishops who took part in the unprecedented gathering.
Victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy on Wednesday demanded to meet Pope Francis personally to press demands that bishops, who covered up such offences be dismissed from the priesthood.
Former US Cardinal, Theodore McCarrick, has been expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood following allegations against him, including sexual abuse of minors, the Vatican said on Saturday.